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zustiferHellboy II (2008), Guillermo del Toro. July 12, 8:15pm. View count: One.
Instant review version: Beautiful monsters, obnoxious most other things.
Longer version: This movie had more sheer visual glee moments than any in recent memory (mostly monster-based, mostly Doug Jones in fact), but it also was sadly predictable and just kind of sloppy in a lot of ways. The fightin' team was poorly formed (having two or more team members stand around nervously while Hellboy fights is just a sad state of affairs), the dialog semi-humiliating, and the Big Bad Threat mostly unreadably messy and stupidly incomprehensible.
This is very sad, because, seriously, many of the monsters were primo. And I'd watch Doug Jones eat a sandwich, honestly. But... yes, a mixed bag.
Instant review version: Beautiful monsters, obnoxious most other things.
Longer version: This movie had more sheer visual glee moments than any in recent memory (mostly monster-based, mostly Doug Jones in fact), but it also was sadly predictable and just kind of sloppy in a lot of ways. The fightin' team was poorly formed (having two or more team members stand around nervously while Hellboy fights is just a sad state of affairs), the dialog semi-humiliating, and the Big Bad Threat mostly unreadably messy and stupidly incomprehensible.
This is very sad, because, seriously, many of the monsters were primo. And I'd watch Doug Jones eat a sandwich, honestly. But... yes, a mixed bag.
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Date: 2008-07-18 05:51 pm (UTC)